North Rim Campground (AZ)

The campground was beautiful. Our site was on a hill so the fire out and picnic table were slightly difficult to navigate. We learned what to look for in the descriptions of the sites.

The dump station is a tight squeeze if your trailer is 9’ wide.

Site 41 is good. Trees for shade or hammocks. Bathroom and store a very short walk.

We love the location of a campsite. It was tents only. They have a shuttle that takes you to the north rim, which allows you to also have access to the café and restaurant. The only problem during our stay was it was super windy. Also the restrooms near the tent camping were not superclean. If you can drive to the entrance near the store there are showers, laundry in a cleaner restroom. Overall we love the North rim better than the South. The camping makes it very economical.

The campground was clean with a beautiful setting. The ranger Cindy was extremely helpful to find a better site as the one I booked wasn’t appropriate for the size of my popup.

Site 16– we stayed 2 nights and really enjoyed it. Site 16 has big trees pretty close to it, so we didn’t pull through — we had to back it out to be safe. Site 16 is right next to the Trancept trailhead, so we had a lot of folks walking by our site. Not a big deal for us but accordingly, not a lot of privacy at the site. The site is very spacious and has a lot of room towards the canyon. Camp store there was outstanding and laundry facilities worked well and was cheap. Water was right across the camp road from site 16 and was really good. Tasted like spring water. Bathrooms and trash were a 2-3 minute walk up the hill.

We had an email go check in with the host, but when we arrived there was no host. There was a kiosk at the site but that was also not manned either. We eventually we were able to connect to wifi and look up our site number but for people arriving late that wouldn’t have been possible (as the general store would have been closed). In the days before online reservations the host or the person in the kiosk would have posted a list of names and their corresponding sites, but even this wasn’t done.

Very nice. Quiet.

All was good - campground in good shape, restrooms were clean. North Rim is so much fun!

What's not to like?
This past 6 day trip to the North Rim Grand Canyon exceeded my expectations. We were there 7 years ago and this was an improvement. There's limited cellular service now, bathrooms in campground have been remodeled and updated. The shower/ laundromat facilities near the registration office have been updated and are much nicer. Really don't have any serious complaints about anything.

The number of visitors to the North Rim are only 10 percent of the people who visit the South Rim. This translates to a more serene experience. We've visited both sides and yes, there's more services at the South Rim. They are both worthwhile, but, the North Rim is more relaxing.

Overall, it was good but it could be better. We were in T12 and the Picnic Table was not level and needs to be level to cook. The water and bathrooms did not work. The parks are charging more and these amenities should be functional for the price charged. The Grand Canyon is so beautiful and I would visit or stay again.